κώμηkṓmē
a hamlet (as if laid down)
Greek (New Testament) · G2968
Meanings
a village or country town, prop, as opposed to a walled city: Matthew 14:15, Mark 6:6, and elsewhere; πόλεις καὶ κ., Matthew 9:35, and elsewhere; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, John 7:42; Βηθανΐα, John 11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mark 8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Luke 9:52, Acts 8:25.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 27 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
- Matthew 10:11 “Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.
- Matthew 14:15 That evening the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”
- Matthew 21:2 “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.
- Mark 6:6 And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people.
- Mark 6:36 Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.